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Closed - Giveaway #8 - Crochet Magazines & Hooks

This will be giveaway #8. I will be giving away the 5 crochet magazines and 9 crochet hooks. The giveaway will run from today April 20,2009 through April 27, 2009. I will draw the winner on April 28, 2009. Everyone from any country is welcome to enter.

Please do not post your personal mailing address in the comment section. That can be e-mailed privately if you are the winner.

Comments are open to everyone. You do not need to be registered with blogger to participate.

In the comment section you can leave a name, nickname or some way that I will be able to contact. If you are posting as anonymous, please leave something unique to identify you or I will not have a way to contact you.

I will also accept e-mail submissions. Please include GIVEAWAY #8 in the subject line.

If you have previously won, I am going to ask that you wait 2 months to participate so everyone has a chance.

WAHOOOOOOO!!!!!! another giveaway!!!! Teresa I love these!!!! AS I have told you before, I learn a lot from your blog and most of the time I print out your patterns and file them away an eventually get to them. Please consider this my entry!!!!

thank you, thank you, thank you so very much for your tutorials. I have learned so much from them in the last couple of months that I no longer feel like I'm stuck making scarves and blankets with only a double crochet. I've easily made the cupcakes from your patterns and I have ventured into other things. I even made the cutest little hat the other day with no specific pattern at all. I truly can not thank you enough.

I would love to be entered in the contest. Your videos have helped so much in the past months! I even refer friends to your blog when they have questions and I can't quite explain it easy enough! Thanks again!~April

I would love to win these, not for myself but for my neighbour, who I taught after learning myself from your youtube instructions, It was hard to begin with to teach her as she is left handed, Thank you for a great blog, you tube, and inspiration,hugsAngie

After many years absence I am back trying to pick up where I left off. I have learned so many things and trying how to make two squares alike. lol I finally found one I can repeat and now am making an afghan for my 3 1/2 y/o grandson. Learning new stitches and patterns has not been easy but it is a love I enjoy so much. It is a stress reliever, a calmer and a great benefit and I enjoy the emails from members so much. Thanks for everyones help and encouragement.Mary in Kykitten73148@yahoo.com

Hi Mrs Fantastic.....that's the only way I can describe you. You have helped me to learn to crochet. Your post's are the best and sooo very easy to follow. Please consider this my entry into your giveaway if that's ok. Luv Jo x

It looks like the hooks you are offering are Bates. I love those inline hooks! And it's always nice to have spares that I can throw in the trunk of my car, along with a skein or two of yarn, in case I have a few minutes to kill.

hello teresa, what a lovely way to get to know others and to help others get started or go further on their projects i would love to be entered in your giveway. you can reach me at sthernkitten2004@yahoo.com.....if i won this it would give more hooks and to be able to try different patterns and expand my learning of crocheting thanks for the give away pam

Winning this GIVEAWAY would be great for 2 people..me and my M I L who taught me to crochet,but now I get into her hooks and books. Your instructions have really helped also.ThankDebbeccasmeme@YAHOO.COM

Hello. I watched your video on how to make a bennie hat and I did it!!!! I was so excited! It is the second thing I have ever crocheted. I have also made a scarf. I am expecting a girl in Sept and I would love to be considered for your drawing!!! For our newest addition I would love to make her some items and since I am just getting started I would love to have the hooks and magazines for ideas!!!Have a blessed day! And Good Luck to All! Kjirsten

It is so nice of you to allow entries from around the world! Last fall I was looking for someplace online to remember how to do the basic crochet stitches I learned as a child, and I found your Youtube videos. They have helped me a lot. Unfortunately, like Senotip Synte, I have trouble finding crochet hooks where I live, so I hope I win! You can leave a comment on my blog or I am "alajnabiya" on Ravelry too.

I can't tell you how much I have learned from your videos. I thought I would never learn to crochet (mom is 800 miles away so too far to sit with me and teach me). You have made it so easy for anyone to learn!

I would love to win the hooks as I volunteer my time teaching crochet at a Pregnancy Care Center on Thursdays and we always run out of hooks. It's so much easier to let the students take the hook home to practice then it is to say come back next week for the next lesson. Anyway I know everyone could use the hooks and I wish you all good luck! Teresa thanks for the chance to win.

I'm sure you hear this quite a bit, but I think it is wonderful that you share your projects and tips with others. I've made a few caps and scarfs from the projects you listed on your website. I would like to have a chance to enter in your Giveaway #8. Mybabychyanne@yahoo.com. Thanks again for sharing!

I have learned so much with your tutorials. My friends and family are so impressed with what I have learned and I tell them about your site all time!!! I love your tutorials!!!! The only thing I haven't learned is how to keep my kitten from attacking the yarn balls that I are working with!! Any advice? Anyway I love your work so keep up the great work!!!Vickitinypinkduck@hotmail.com

Hello TeresaI love your crochet projects and I have completed many of them. My favorite is the beanies I have made many of them and since I chopped my hair I am able to enjoy them even more. I check your blog and videos all the time to see what new projects you have created and love to share with us. You have inspired from the beginning when I found your vid on YouTube and I have updating myself ever since, that has been almost two years.

Thankyou very much for sharing your talent. You are brilliant and very easy to follow instructions.

I would love to hold some item of yours and know that I have learnt from you. I would also love to share the magazines from you.

Thank you so much for all of your videos. Whenever I'm stuck on a project I just go to YouTube and look you up. I have passed along your site to my friends as well. I would like to enter the #8 contest. Thanks again.

Hi Theresa, this is Shweta and i just love the way you explain the patterns. Your videos and your patterns are just so easy to understand, i have tried a few and do visit your blogs to know more. Well regarding this giveway i would love to be a part of it.!!

Hello Teresa, I would like to be entered in the giveaway. You're a very generous and giving person. I am new to your blog and your videos but I have learned so much. Thank you very much for sharing your talent.

Since I am a fairly new crocheter and knitter your blog is extremely helpful in every way. I just set up a new blog and am still learning all about them. I am grateful and excited that you always share your skills, projects, and new ideas. Thanks for the giveaway. Cindy

I just found your wonderful videos and site and will be reading them eagerly. I have been trying to sort out crocheting for a while and now I think I'm finally going to be able to do it. Thank you so much for what you've done.

Oh how I would love to win this for my Granddaughter. She is eleven years old and has ask me to teach her to crochet. I am thrilled! I waited until she ask the second time to start the lessons to make sure she was serious. Oh yes, she is serious! What a great gift for her, all she would need is yarn.

I am a newcomer to your site. Well this is the second or third time I've been here...lol I love to see the patterns you have posted. I have crocheted for a long time, but some stitches I've forgotten how to do and your blog plus videos are great to look at when I need a refresher! I would love to be entered into your giveaway!

I am a newcomer to your site. Well this is the second or third time I've been here...lol I love to see the patterns you have posted. I have crocheted for a long time, but some stitches I've forgotten how to do and your blog plus videos are great to look at when I need a refresher! I would love to be entered into your giveaway!

Hi,You JUST posted this giveaway today and already have 120 people signed up! I have never seen a blog with sooooo many Followers! Congratulations!Of course I'm signing up for the giveaway (hope you don't mind sending it overseas).Good luck to all who enter!

Ahhh it sounds this giveaway is for me ! I just got into crocheting and found your videos two weeks back. You actually know how to teach crochet. My grandma was used to do a lot of crochet when she was not that old. These days she is staying with me and I showed her your videos and told her that I'm learning from this lady ! She is so old and this internet thing is quite alien for her so she wonders how do I watch you doing crochet on computer !P.S This may sound funny to you and your readers but I'm unable to find aluminum hooks where I live ! So I'm learning with the maximum large steel hook I could find.Please consider this my entry. Thanks so much for all your videos & tutorials!

Thanks for offering the giveaway, Theresa! I would love to be entered. I recently found out I'm going to be a Grandma this fall - X2! BOTH my girls are expecting! That's when I found your videos & blog. You've taught me to crochet! You should see the stack of baby beanies we have here! :)Leann :)

I have been celebrating my 41st birthday today by crocheting all afternoon. I have made four pairs of adult slippers and have more on order for christmas presents. I would not have made them as quick if I had not seen your tutorials on youtube. I have crocheted for 30 years and am still learning and thanks to you Teresa.

Hi Teresa~ I love to learn from your youtube videos. I also love printing out your patters on your blog. Thank you so much for the great variety of items! Please enter me into your awesome giveaway! nichemsley@yahoo.com

hi........ i love your blogs and your videos....... they are really easy to follow....... and you are simply wonderful. I am very excited to enter in the giveaway.... this is my 1st time.... thank you sooooo much.... i learned a lot from you

Hello,Teresa how are you i look at your videos on youtube, all the time you make it so easy to learn.I am happy to be a part of your giveaway take care and god bless.If you need to find me am a subscriber on youtube my youtube name is candi2082!!!

Teresa I love your videos they are so easy to follow. I being crocheting for about 15 years and still find your video informative. Currently used your video about using graphs - Star, to create a blanket for my youngest son in the form of a Care Bear". Thank you. PS love to enter the comp.

I'd say 90% of the crocheting I do is for one charity or another. I have come to your site for help many times because you have so much information and great video tutorials. Thank you so much for taking the time to help so many wanting to learn. Keep them coming! Please enter me in your drawing. I would especially love to win the books.

Hi Theresa, can you enter me in the giveaway?I love your youtube videos, my grandma tried to teach me once but I never understood, but with your videos I have been able to make so many gifts for my family. My youtube nick is MissPolly1 Thank you.

hi. this is candice. my youtube account is Keo1998.my email is candice_erin_98@msn.comthis is the 1st time i have entered one of your giveaways. i want to enter. if you want to contact me please email me. and i was wondering how do i get these items. please reply.Please consider this my entry.

I enjoyed everything that you have created. At the moment i am learning to make baby booties for my little girl that will arrive in june of this year. My name is Jennifer from Philadelphia,jewalston_2@hotmail.com

Oh how fun! Thank you for this generous giveaway. I have been following you on YouTube since I started back up crocheting and I have learned a TON. Over there I am homer424. My name is Donna homer2475@yahoo.com

Thankyou for bringing crochet to my world.. With a 1yr daughter beside, i just luvvv making things for her. And i just got a good news today that i've become an aunt once again. I wud luv to make lotzaa stuff for both the babies now..I am also excited to take part in ur giveaway! Hope to get a good news again..

hello there I think thats its a great thing that you do . thanks so much fro all your time and advice on ebay for the doll patterns I found some that I want to do so I bought some. I was amazed on what I found and aslo thank so much for giveing me back the love of crochet. Just int he last month alone I have ginally made that xmas doily I always wanted to make. it turned out well and also 10 hot mats , crochet thread flowers your shamrocks and irish hearts done in thread. so that was last month wonder what i will make next LOL take care nowJo

Hey Theresa!I am so thankful for your teachings! I have directed many people to watch your videos to help them learn how to crochet and they are super thankful as well!Please consider this to be my entry for your giveaway :)Good luck to everyone!

hi you did make me love the crochet and my hall house is hat hat hat,and my computer is full of videos van tjw1963 ,thank you so much and it wil be good to have a personel gift also from tjw this is why i wil inter to de giveaway 8.lovelove492.

count me in!!! I used to know how to crochet when i was a lil girl, but its been too long...i used your vids to catch back up and refresh!they were great! thanksss!now i just have hardly any supplies to grow!i wanna win them! :)

I love your blog! I am happy to be involved, because I am in Brazil more specifically in Guaruja, coast to sao paulo thank you for your dedication in producing wonderful videos, I am learning a lot from you requiredGod bless you richly!

(GIVEAWAY #8) Hey there! This is the first time I'd heard of your giveaways (through YouTube). I've been crocheting since I was about eleven (I JUST turned 18). My mom, grandma and other female relatives all crochet, so yarn kind of flows through my veins(so I say). But yeah ~ I'd love to win something, same as the 100-something other people that want to! Lol, but I just thought this would be neat to be a part of. By the way, this is my entry. Lol!

Extended or Long Double Crochet - This is where you will work a double crochet several stitches below the row you are on. You will need to pull up on the stitch and allow for some additional yarn, so the stitch does not sag.

Multiple: 4
You will add 4 chains for each segment of the pattern stitch that you want to add to the width.

Example: If you want to make a baby afghan with a size I/5.5mm crochet hook, 4-ply yarn, you will chain 108. This will give you an estimated width of 34 inches.

Ch 31Row 1: DC in 3rd CH from hook, DC in next CH, *CH 1, SK 1 CH, 1 DC in EA of next 3 CH. Continue across from * for width of pattern.

Drop Stitch - The drop stitch will be worked below the two previous row of shell stitches. Wrap the yarn over the hook, insert the hook 2 rows below, between the shell stitches, pull the yarn up. Repeat one more time for a total of 5 loops on the hook.

Row 1: DC in the 4th CH from the hook, DC in the next CH, Skip 4 chains, in the next CH(5th chain) work *2DC, CH1, 2DC, SK 4 CH's, Repeat from * across for the width, 1 DC in ea of the last 2 chains.

Row 2: CH 2, DC in the next DC, work *2DC, CH1, 2DC in the next CH 1 Space. Repeat from * across for the width, 1 DC in ea of the last 2 DC.